Those Girls

Those Girls

By

Lisa A.Williams

They found each other

in poverty

the likes of which they shared

 tattered clothes,

grass stained knees,

boy cut hair

to save mother’s time-

So she could linger

in the shadows,

living someone elses

made for TV life.

Hopscotch –

jumps never reaching far enough

to find freedom seemingly

only a stone’s throw away.

Spaghetti O’s and wonder bread

the staples of youth,

teeth decaying in revolt

of silencing sweets.

and still those girls

grew, believing

the charming prince would one day

swoop them up in rescue

and dinner would be more

than angry eyes

And

“Milk Toast”.